Improvement in churns



of the vessel.

UNITED 'r'rEs ANSON W'OODARD,

OF VINTON, IOWA.

'IMPROVEMENQT IN CHURNS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANsoN WooDARD, of Vinton, in the county of Bentonand State of Iowa, have invented an Improved Churn, of which thefollowing is a specification:

The object of my invention is to furnish a churn of improved form andoperating devices, and thereby save time and labor in making butter. Itconsists in a horizontal cylindrical vessel mounted upon feet, andhaving a fixed longitudinal division-board in'its lower portion, aduplex oscillating andremovable dasher, and an adjustable and forkeddasher-handle, all formed, arranged, and cooperating as hereinafterfully set forth.

My drawing is a perspective view, illustrating the construction andoperation of my invention.

A is one of the circular wooden end pieces It has a flaring extension onthe top to form a boxed opening in the top of the churn. These ends Amay vary in size, as desired, to form churns of varying capacity. B is asheet-metal or bent wood plate, rigidly secured to the circular ends Ain any suitable manner. It terminates on each side at the top extensionsof the end pieces. G C are A-shaped feet, rigidly fixed on the outsideof the ends A, to prevent them from warping and breaking, and to supportthe complete portable churn. D D are the side pieces of the box formedaround the top opening. They are rigidly secured to the top extensionsof the end pieces A and the ends of the plate B. E is a movable cover,for closing the boxed opening. G is a vertical, central, and insidefixed division-board,extending longitudinally across the bottom of thechurn. It has an opening, a, in its lower corner, contiguousto thefaucet b in the end of the vessel. H is is one of the perforated wingsof a double-inclined or right-angled duplex oscillat ing dasher, seenthrough the opening broken through the end A. It is suspended in thecenter of the churn by means of my movable and forked elasticdasher-handle. ,0 c is the forked dasher-handle, having its ends bentinward at right angles, and terminating in square plugs, that. passthrough perforations in the end pieces A, and enter square holes formedin the triangular plates (1 on the ends dated August 1, 1876;application filed i l of the oscillating dasher-wings H. g is a slidingloop on the forked and elastic dasherhandle.

In the practical operation of my churn, the cream is placed in thevessel, the cover E put on, and the forked and pivoted handle seized bythe hand of the operator and swung right and left over the top of thechurn. This will impart an oscillating motion to the inclined dasherwings H, and they will alternately dash and beat the cream against thefixed division-board G in the center of the churn. Each right-and-leftmovement of the forked handle 0 0 will actuate the dasher-wings, so thatit requires only one motion to cause one dasher stroke. Cream can be,therefore, churned much more rapidly and completely, and butter producedand gathered and worked much quicker, and with less labor, than withreciprocating dashers, which require two motions to effect one stroke.

To remove the butter and clean the churn, slide the loop g upward on thehandle 0 c, and the ends will spring out ofthe mortises in thedasher-plates d, and the'central bearings in the ends A, and the forkedhandle can then be laid aside, the cover E removed, and the dasherlifted out to gain access to the butter, which will be in solid lumps inthe two compartments of the'divided vessel.

The buttermilk and cleansing Water can be readily drawn off through thefaucet b.

I am aware that duplex oscillating dashers have been used in churns; butI claim that my manner of suspending and operating an oscillating dasherin a cylindrical vessel is novel and greatly advantageous.

I claim as my invention- The cylindrical churn-vessel A B, having aboxed top opening and a movable cover, E, and a fixed-division-board, G,the duplex oscillating dasher H, having mortises din its ends, and theforked elastic handle 0 a, carrying the sliding loop g, all arranged andcombined substantially as and for the purposes shown and described.

ANSON WOODARD.

Witnesses:

W. B. REYNOLDS, Sn, JAMES W001).

